Editing 1128

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[[File:Jean II Comnene.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Mosaic of Byzantine Emperor [[John II Komnenos]] who defeats the Hungarians this year]]
Year '''1128''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCXXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Byzantine–Hungarian War (1127–1129)|Byzantine–Hungarian War]]: Emperor [[John II Komnenos]] defeats the [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungarians]] and their [[Serbia]]n allies at the fortress of [[Battle of Haram|Haram]] (or Chramon), which is modern-day [[Bačka Palanka|Nova Palanka]].<ref>Angold, Michael (1997). ''The Byzantine Empire, 1025–1204: A Political History'', p. 153. {{ISBN|978-0-5822-9468-4}}.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* February &ndash; [[Saint-Omer]] and [[Ghent]] declare for [[Thierry, Count of Flanders|Thierry]] (Theoderic) in his challenge to his cousin [[William Clito]] for the [[County of Flanders]].<ref name=Aird>{{cite book|first=William M.|last=Aird|title=Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy: c.1050–1134|publisher=Boydell Press|location=Woodbridge|year=2008|isbn=9781846156717}}</ref>
* [[June 17]] &ndash; King [[Henry I of England]] marries his only legitimate daughter, [[dowager]] Empress [[Empress Matilda|Matilda]], to the 14-year-old [[Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou|Geoffrey Plantagenet]] ("the Fair"), count of [[County of Anjou|Anjou]], at [[Le Mans]].
* [[June 21]] &ndash; [[Battle of Axspoele]] in Flanders: William, with his Norman knights and French allies, defeats Thierry, who is forced to flee to Bruges and then to [[Aalst, Belgium|Aalst]] where he is besieged.<ref name=Aird/>
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Battle of São Mamede]]: Count [[Afonso I of Portugal|Alfonso I]] (Henriques) defeats the forces led by his mother, Queen [[Theresa, Countess of Portugal|Theresa]] of [[County of Portugal|Portugal]], near [[Guimarães]], and gains control of the county. Alfonso styles himself "Prince of Portugal".
* [[June 29]] &ndash; [[Conrad III of Germany|Conrad III]], anti-king of [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]], is crowned "King of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]]" by Archbishop [[Anselmo della Pusterla]] at [[Monza]] in [[Lombardy]].
* [[July 27]] &ndash; The city of [[Bruges]] in Flanders (modern [[Belgium]]) receives its [[Municipal charter|city charter]] as well new walls, and canals are built.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[William Clito]] dies as a result of a wound received at the siege of Aalst a fortnight earlier, leaving [[Thierry, Count of Flanders|Thierry]] as sole claimant to the [[County of Flanders]]. He sets up his seat of government at [[Bruges]] and King [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] ("the Fat") of [[France in the Middle Ages|France]] agrees to his accession.<ref name=Aird/>
* August &ndash; [[Pope Honorius II]] invests [[Roger II of Sicily]] as duke of [[County of Apulia and Calabria|Apulia]] at [[Benevento]], after his failure to form an coalition against Roger.

==== Asia ====
* January 15: Lý Dương Hoán became the king of [[Đại Việt]], ascending to the throne as Emperor [[Lý Thần Tông]].
* [[Jin–Song Wars]]: Emperor [[Emperor Gaozong of Song|Gaozong]] of the [[Song dynasty]] establishes a new capital at [[Yangzhou]], while the government retreats south, after [[Jurchen people|Jurchen]] forces capture the previous capital of [[Kaifeng]] in the [[Jingkang Incident]].
* Forces of the kingdom of [[Champa]] invade [[Đại Việt]].<ref>Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed). ''The Indianized States of Southeast Asia'', pp. 140–141. Trans. Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8248-0368-1}}.</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Waverley Abbey]] is founded by Bishop [[William Giffard]] in the south of England. The first [[abbot]] and 12 [[Cistercians|Cistercian]] monks are brought from [[L'Aumône Abbey]] in [[Duchy of Normandy|Normandy]].<ref name=BH>{{cite book|title='House of Cistercian monks: Abbey of waverley', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2|year=1967|publisher=Victoria County History|pages=77–89|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37815|editor=H.E. Malden}}</ref>
* [[Holyrood Abbey]] is founded in [[Edinburgh]] by King [[David I of Scotland]].
* [[Kelso Abbey]] is founded by Scottish monks of the [[Tironensian Order]].
* Honorius II recognizes and confirms the Order of the [[Knights Templar]]. The French abbot [[Bernard of Clairvaux]] codifies the rule of the Order.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Fletcher|first=R. A.|title=Reconquest and Crusade in Spain c. 1050-1150|journal=Transactions of the Royal Historical Society|year=1987|volume=37|series=5|pages=31–47 [45]|doi=10.2307/3679149 |jstor=3679149}}</ref> [[Hugues de Payens]], French [[Grand Master (order)|Grand Master]] of the Order, visits both [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]], where he raises men and money for the Order.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
''(many dates approximate)''
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Stephen of Tournai]], French bishop (d. [[1203]])
* [[Absalon]], Danish archbishop and statesman (d. [[1201]])
* [[Adolf II of Holstein|Adolf II]], count of [[Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein|Schauenburg and Holstein]] (d. [[1164]])
* [[Alain de Lille]], French theologian and poet (approximate date)
* [[Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Walid]], Arab theologian (d. [[1215]])
* [[Constance of Antioch|Constance of Hauteville]], princess of [[Principality of Antioch|Antioch]] (d. [[1163]])
* [[John Doukas Komnenos]], Byzantine governor (d. [[1176]])
* [[John Kontostephanos (son of Stephen)|John Kontostephanos]], Byzantine aristocrat
* [[Lorcán Ua Tuathail]], Irish archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin|Dublin]] (d. [[1180]])
* [[Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia|Ludwig II]] ("the Iron"), landgrave of [[Thuringia]] (d. [[1172]])
* [[Muhammad II ibn Mahmud]], Seljuk sultan (d. [[1159]])
* [[Ruzbihan Baqli]], Persian poet and mystic (d. [[1209]])
* [[Taira no Norimori]], Japanese nobleman (suicide [[1185]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Albero I of Louvain|Albero I]], prince-bishop of [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège|Liège]] (b. [[1070]])
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Toghtekin]], Turkish ruler of [[Damascus]]
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Pier Leoni]] (Petrus Leo), Roman consul
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[Al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi]], Fatimid vizier (b. c. 1086)<ref>{{Kalifen und Assassinen|page=165}}</ref>
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[William Clito]], count of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]] (b. [[1102]])
* July &ndash; [[Warmund of Jerusalem|Warmund]] (or Gormond), patriarch of [[Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]]
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Kiyohira]], Japanese samurai (b. [[1056]])
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Ranulf Flambard]], Norman bishop of [[Diocese of Durham|Durham]]
* November 26 or 28 &ndash; [[Geoffrey Brito]] (or le Breton), archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen|Rouen]]
* [[December 4]] &ndash; [[Henry II, Margrave of the Nordmark]], German [[Nobility|nobleman]] (b. 1102)
* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Fulco I, Margrave of Milan]], Lombard nobleman
* [[Abu Ibrahim ibn Barun]], Andalusian Jewish [[rabbi]]
* [[Conaing Ua Beigléighinn]], Irish monk and [[abbot]]
* [[Constantine I of Torres]], [[Judge of Logudoro|judge]] (ruler) of [[Judicate of Logudoro|Logudoro]]
* [[Fulcher of Chartres]], French priest and chronicler (b. [[1059]])
* [[Ibn Tumart]], Almoravid political leader (or [[1130]])
* [[Jimena Muñoz]] (or Muñiz), Spanish noblewoman
* [[Rogvolod Vseslavich]] (Boris), prince of [[Principality of Polotsk|Polotsk]]

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